I thought I was ahead of the weather window, but no. At Justin’s, it was raining. Nice drive though.
Dinner at Linda’s
Linda invited a few friends over for dinner.
Adrienne, Val, Linda
Kathy W, Linda, Kathy F
Kathy W, Adrienne, Linda, Val
Linda’s husband Ron buys and sells sports memorabilia. A display of vintage bats:
Thank you Linda for having all of us over. Dinner was delicious.
Picture-taking day
Thais (and Lenin) tried to take pictures for my Christmas card. Here are two of the best – out of about 50!
Later, in the evening, Thais and Sophia went to a King’s game and Lenin had a coaching clinic, so I came and stayed with the boys. After playing Beyblades for a while, Carson and I played Bird Bingo. He knows quite a few of the 64 birds, his favorites seem to be the Hoopoe and Blue-footed Booby.
Christmas lights
Thank you Justin for putting up Christmas lights for me this year!
Thanksgiving
At Thais and Lenin’s house. This is the extended/collected Del Castillo family. Lenin’s mom, Rita, was leaving for the Philippines the next day.
Sophia got her favorite piece:
Walnut gathering
The season has progressed. It finally looks like fall.
Rain is expected tomorrow, so I really needed to gather today.
So far, I’m at 334 pounds!
Harvest Festival
My neighbor Kathie and I decided to go early in the day to the Harvest Festival at Cal Expo. Apparently lots of other people had the same idea.
We were really proud of our spending restraint, we left almost empty-handed. Nevertheless, we had a lot of fun.
Craft fair
Four Seasons Westshore had a craft fair this evening. The first one I’ve ever done. For the past few weeks, I’ve been gathering, drying, cracking and shelling walnuts – I had 28 pounds ready to sell. I also made candied walnuts in 8 ounce bags – I had 15 packages. I had absolutely no idea how much to bring, make, or charge.
Thais and Sophia helped me design the table display. Sophia picked out all the fabrics for the “Justin’s Walnuts” applique. Everything was made from scraps. I asked Sophia if she wanted to help, she said yes, “I’ll be the cashier” and negotiated her wages for the evening ($5.00). I was quite happy!
Other vendors:
I sold all the candied walnuts and just 8 pounds of shelled walnuts. Mostly it was fun to work with Sophia, an excellent money manager.
Bark-laying day
Thank you Justin for spreading out all the bark! 
This side will get more plants:
Jibe ridealong
I was up quite early this morning to meet the Jibe Express driver at 6 am. I love doing this for Jibe. The goal today was to give riders a delicious muffin from a local restaurant, ask for feedback re expanding service and future projects for Jibe and Regional Transit, and to remind everyone about the coming holiday hours. I made two trips to downtown Sacramento on two different routes.
It’s hard to see out the window on these buses. Seriously reduced view out the front windows and tinted windows on the sides.
